1. In December 2019, the EBA finalised and published draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on the Standardised Approach for Counterparty Credit Risk (SA-CCR). The adopted RTS were published in the Official Journal in March 2021.
2. Those RTS specify key aspects of the SA-CCR, such as 1) the method for identifying the material risk drivers of derivative transactions on the basis of which the mapping to one or more of the risk categories is to be done; 2) the formula that institutions are to use to calculate the supervisory delta of options, when mapped to the interest rate risk category, which is compatible with negative interest rates; and 3) a method suitable for determining the direction of the position in a material risk driver.
3. The RTS have been developed by the EBA according to Article 277(5) and Article 279a(3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR), as amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/876 (CRR2). In particular, Article 279a(3)(a) mandates the EBA to specify, in accordance w
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